Arbol de la Vida

Ceramics from Metepec, Mexico

"After the Spanish conquest, friars destroyed articles, including ceramics, that depicted the old gods, and replaced them with images of saints and other Christian iconography. The depiction of a “tree of life” in paintings and other mediums was introduced as a way to evangelize Biblical stories to the native population."

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Historical Monsters

Nina Leen - 1964
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Alexandra Exter/Aleksandra Ekster

Saw the Stage Pictures show at MoMA yesterday which includes some work by Aleksandra Ekster.
Lots of good things to see right now and they keep the place nice and cool.

White Lines

Lynda Benglis

"Artist Lynda Benglis painting a floor w. 40 gallons of bright latex and pigments at the University of Rhode Island."
Henry Groskinsky - 1969
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Eva Hesse - 1969

photos by Henry Groskinsky
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Awakening of the Gods

1-7: "Nemrud Dag-Mountain In Southeast Turkey"
8: "Soft eroded rocks in Valley of Goreme where Byzantine monks carved cells and over 300 churches."
9: "Turkish man playing a type of mandolin called a sis." Usicar, Turkey.
10: "Turkish men having lunch in restaurant of Nevsehir named Lokanda." Kayseri, Turkey.

All photos by Bill Ray, 1970.
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More about Nemrud Dag here.
More about Goreme/Cappadocia here.